THUMBS UP: To Parkersburg native and Parkersburg High School graduate Nick Swisher for living the dream of many young people: Winning a World Series championship. Swisher, a member of the New York Yankees, has become what is believed to be the third Parkersburg native to play in a World Series. The others, Alfred “Greasy” Neale, who played for the Cincinnati Reds in the infamous 1919 “Black Sox” World Series against the Chicago White Sox, and Dick “Doc” Hoblitzell, who played for the Boston Reds Sox in both the 1915 and 1916 World Series. Congratulations to Swisher. THUMBS UP: To West Virginia University in Parkersburg for it plan to renovate its campus cafeteria. As part of the plan, food service provider AVI Foodsystems will provide $152,000 for the renovation of the serving and dining areas and will fund a $177,000 loan to the college to be repaid over the life of the contract. THUMBS UP: To Monday’s kickoff of the state’s “Take a Veteran to School Day” program.